The Power

Discovering the Real “Secret”

of Life

Richard K. Murray

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Acknowledgement

I want to express my profound appreciation to my

beloved Rita and our seven children: Sloan, Caleb,

Micah, Abraham, Sarah, Ben and Annie. You allow me

just enough elbow room to write while still staying

close and available.

To Marie Smith, my right-hand in all Godly

projects - - God alone knows how much you do.

Thanks to Sandy and Adriane for extensive

proofreading and encouragement. And thanks to my

spiritual family - - Michael, Karen, Eric, Lisa, Greg,

John, Jo, Sandy again, Lyndon, Jo, Adriane again,

Eva, Dana and Jeff. It may be my pen, but it is our

corporate heart which has allowed me to hear the

truths of The Power.

Introduction

Psalm 68 reveals a secret. This secret is the key to

The Power. Not earthly power. Heavenly Power. The

Power to prevail over all failure and disappointment.

The Power to be who God created you to be.

What is The Power? How do we obtain it? What

are the problems in getting and keeping The Power?

What are the Keys to using The Power? The chapters

will answer these questions in order. Chapter Two

contains the secret of The Power. You will never

again be the same if you breathe this secret deeply

into your heart and mind.

Whereas best-selling self-help books today, such

as The Secret by Rhonda Byrne, encourage you to

seek power in and from the SELF, The Power can only

be found outside of the SELF. O LORD, I know that

the way of man is not in himself: it is not in

man that walketh to direct his steps. Jer. 10:23.

To receive The Power, prepare yourselves to go first

“outside” of yourself, that you may then go “inside” of

The Power. The Power is the truth The Secret can’t

and won’t reveal. Chapter Three is dedicated to

unraveling the lies that The Secret and other New

Age books are spinning over millions of people.

The Scripture is often quoted, “. . .when I am

weak, then I am strong” 2 Cor. 12:10. Many have

wrongly focused on the “I am weak” portion without

progressing to the “then I am strong.” The Power is

about discovering the “then I am strong.” We are

always to “be strong in the Lord, and in the power of

His might” Eph. 6:10. Real strength for real people

from a real God. For the eyes of the Lord run to

and fro throughout the whole earth to show

himself strong in behalf of those whose hearts

are blameless toward Him. 2 Chr. 16:9

(Amplified).

Table of Contents CHAPTER ONE:

WHAT IS THE POWER? 1

SUMMARY 16

CHAPTER TWO:

HOW DO WE GET THE POWER? 19

SUMMARY 39

CHAPTER THREE:

PROBLEMS GETTING AND MAINTAINING

THE POWER 44

Repellant Number One: SELF-Deception 45

Repellant Number Two:

Ascribing Strength Wrongly 75

Repellant Number Three: Failing to Tithe 83

Repellant Number Four: Presumption 88

SUMMARY 90

CHAPTER FOUR:

KEYS OF THE POWER REVEALED 96

Mary’s Key: Mega Willing 96

The Centurion’s Key: Mega Confidence 102

The Loaves’ Key: Mega Memory 107

Abraham’s Key: Mega Tithing 113

The Stronger Man’s Key: Mega Stronger 119

SUMMARY 121

TIPS TO REMEMBER 129

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Chapter One WHAT IS THE POWER?

lessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us

with benefits, even the God of our salvation.

Selah [pause and reflect]. Ps. 68:19.

The Power describes the daily benefits “loaded”

into our lives by the Lord. Think about that. The Lord

loads us with benefits every second of every day. The

Hebrew word for “loaded” here carries with it a

meaning of heavy loading. The Lord’s benefits are so

heavy that we need The Power just to carry them. If

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we are honest, though, these benefits go largely

unnoticed, unappreciated and unclaimed. King David

commanded his own soul to wholeheartedly

remember and declare these “loaded benefits.”

Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is

within me, bless his holy name. Bless the

LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his

benefits: Who forgiveth all thine

iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;

Who redeemeth thy life from destruction;

who crowneth thee with lovingkindness

and tender mercies; Who satisfieth thy

mouth with good things; so that thy

youth is renewed like the eagle’s. Ps.

103:1-5.

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These benefits take many forms, but ultimately all

can be traced back to one virtue - - strength!

Strength to overcome bad news and evil reports.

Strength to overcome impatience. Strength to

overcome frustration. Strength to overcome

lukewarmness. Strength to overcome temptation.

Strength to overcome anger. Strength to overcome

sickness. Strength to overcome strife. Strength to

overcome lack. Strength to overcome hatred.

Strength to overcome sadness, broken-heartedness,

disappointment and depression. Most importantly,

strength to love God with all our heart, soul and

might and to love our neighbors as ourselves.

One size fits all. Strength solves all these

problems. God’s strength, not man’s strength. Man’s

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strength will always fail - - always. Like man’s love,

man’s strength will eventually bail out. The “bailing

point” is when our strength quits us. Our hope, love

and faith surrenders to hopelessness, lovelessness

and faithlessness. We then begin to give up on

relationships, opportunities, dreams and victories.

This is the essence of death - - weakness! Weak

faith, weak hope, weak love, weak relationships and

weak resistance to the trials of life. Here I am not

speaking of the “weakness of meekness,” which is a

blessed state of humility where our confidence is not

toward ourselves but toward God. This is the

meekness which allows us to inherit the Earth (Matt.

5:5). Rather, here I am speaking of the “weakness of

bleakness,” a state of fear and hopelessness, which

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causes all our failures and all our miseries and

ultimately all our deaths. This is the “weakness” of

our own character which is always ready to bail out

during times of temptation or pressure. This

weakness is the result of placing our own faith, hope

and love in the abilities of man - - either in ourselves

or in others. This “weakness of bleakness” leaves us

making excuse after excuse about the failures of our

lives while our hearts continue to circle the drain of

despair. The few successes we do have are

sandwiched between and far outnumbered by failures

and disappointments where we have bailed out due

to weakness.

Recognizing your own “bailing point” in every trial

or temptation is a humbling encounter, yet it is crucial

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to realize that our strength won’t and can’t last. This

is the slingshot insight which propels our hearts into

The Power of God. Just because you don’t actually

“bail out” in a given situation doesn’t mean that you

wouldn’t have bailed out had the situation continued

or grown worse. The point is that the strength of man

is always limited while the strength of God is always

unlimited. I have come to realize that my strength will

never last - - not as a father, not as a husband, not

as a friend, not as a son and not as a lawyer. But this

realization has led me to the place of “weakness of

meekness” in now recognizing how completely

different and better God’s strength is than mine. He

literally never wearies or weakens. I always do. He

never surrenders or compromises. I frequently do. He

never murmurs or complains. I usually do. Defining

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the source of our strength is vital - - whether we are

operating in man’s strength or God’s strength.

The source of our strength determines all - - “for

as the man is, so is his strength” (Jdg. 8:21). Psalm

68 reveals the fate of each source of strength. Those

whose source of strength is man shall “dwell in a dry

land” (Ps. 68:6) “bound with chains” (Ps. 68:6) as

“scattered kings” (Ps. 68:14). Contrast this with those

who live in the strength of God:

Thy God hath commanded thy strength:

strengthen, O God, that which thou hast

wrought for us. Ps. 68:28.

Strength is not an option with the Lord. It is His

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nature. He commands His strength to us. He never

leaves home without it. His strength is from

everlasting to everlasting. He never lets up or lets go.

He never runs away or deserts. He never surrenders -

- never. He endures, perseveres and overcomes - -

always with a smile, always with kindness and always

with love.

Hast thou not known? hast thou not

heard, that the everlasting God, the

LORD, the Creator of the ends of the

earth, fainteth not, neither is weary?

there is no searching of his

understanding. He giveth power to the

faint; and to them that have no might he

increaseth strength. Even the youths

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shall faint and be weary, and the young

men shall utterly fall: But they that wait

upon the LORD shall renew their

strength; they shall mount up with wings

as eagles; they shall run, and not be

weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

Is. 40:28-31.

The strength of God is a rare topic today because

most people equate God’s strength with destructive

wrath. In other words, God’s power is revealed in

most people’s eyes through natural disasters or

personal devastations. But this couldn’t be further

from the truth. God doesn’t want us scared of His

strength. God wants us grounded and secure in His

heroic strength. God is the hero and lover of our

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souls. God’s strength is forever grounded in His

goodness. God’s strength doesn’t prevail by

overcoming force with force and evil with evil. God’s

strength overcomes evil with good - - always, only

and totally. “Be not overcome of evil, but overcome

evil with good.” Rom. 12:21. Only the strength of God

can accomplish this. This was Jesus’ central message

in the Sermon on the Mount.

Ye have heard that it hath been said, An

eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: But

I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but

whosoever shall smite thee on thy right

cheek, turn to him the other also. And if

any man will sue thee at the law, and take

away thy coat, let him have thy cloke also.

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And whosoever shall compel thee to go a

mile, go with him twain. Give to him that

asketh thee, and from him that would

borrow of thee turn not thou away. Ye

have heard that it hath been said, Thou

shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine

enemy. But I say unto you, Love your

enemies, bless them that curse you, do

good to them that hate you, and pray for

them which despitefully use you, and

persecute you; That ye may be the

children of your Father which is in heaven:

for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil

and on the good, and sendeth rain on the

just and on the unjust. For if ye love them

which love you, what reward have ye? do

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not even the publicans the same? And if

ye salute your brethren only, what do ye

more than others? do not even the

publicans so? Be ye therefore perfect,

even as your Father which is in heaven is

perfect. Matt. 5:38-48.

Be perfectly strong as our Heavenly Father is

perfectly strong. The Father’s perfection lies in this - -

He overcomes evil with good. Thus, God’s strength is

His relentless overcoming of evil with good. Man’s

strength always fails eventually because sooner or

later he will return evil for evil, hatred for hatred, an

eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. This is why

the Scriptures (Jas. 1:2-4) exhort us to develop

“patience” which in the Greek is translated literally as

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“joyful endurance.” We are to develop joyful

endurance because God joyfully endures. The joy of

the Lord is our strength. Neh. 8:10. He patiently

endures our rebellion knowing that His love will

outlast and tenderly overcome our hate and hard-

heartedness. Patience is the divine virtue by which

God’s goodness overcomes evil. Man’s goodness is

always conditional and temporary. It is always

insecure and unstable because of fear, pride or

shame. However, God’s strength is flawless and

fearless. Consider the following Psalm 68 verses:

A father of the fatherless, and a judge of

the widows, is God in his holy habitation.

God setteth the solitary in families: he

bringeth out those which are bound with

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chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry

land....Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful

rain, whereby thou didst confirm thine

inheritance, when it was weary. Thy

congregation hath dwelt therein: thou, O

God, hast prepared of thy goodness for

the poor….Thou hast ascended on high,

thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast

received gifts for men; yea, for the

rebellious also, that the LORD God might

dwell among them. Ps. 68:5-6,9-10,18.

What strength! What goodness! What love! God’s

goodness is always revealed in His strength. God

fathers the fatherless with His strength, husbands the

widows with His strength and puts the lonely in

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families with His strength. He sends plentiful rain with

His strength. He even sends gifts to the rebellious

with His strength so that He might dwell with them.

God’s strength only and always “leads captivity

captive.” Our inheritance is to be set free indeed by

The Power of the Cross. God continually confirms this

inheritance of strength no matter how weary and dull

our eyes have become to it. “Let the weak say, I am

strong.” Joel 3:10. Our inheritance is the place of

continual blessing where we dwell in the exceeding

great and precious promises of God which provide us

all things for life and godliness, that by these we

become partakers of the divine nature of Jesus (2

Pet. 1:3-4). Let’s all receive a fresh revelation of

God’s power for goodness as we explore our

inheritance of strength over the next few chapters.

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SUMMARY

1. The Power is God’s limitless strength. It never

weakens. It never ceases. It never fails. It

continually loads us with the benefits of

salvation every second of every day:

forgiveness, healings, deliverance from all

forms of destruction, crowns of lovingkindness,

and renewal of our youth.

2. Man’s strength is always limited. It always bails

out - - eventually. It always weakens - -

gradually. It always surrenders - - ultimately. It

always fails - - sooner or later.

3. The Power works by overcoming evil with

good. The Power of God fathers the fatherless,

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husbands the widows, befriends the lonely,

sends plentiful rain, leads captivity captive,

gives gifts even to the rebellious, confirms the

inheritance of the weary, breaks all chains of

bondage and commands His strength to be

ours.

4. Key Verses:

Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us

with benefits, even the God of our

salvation. Selah. Ps. 68:19.

Thy God hath commanded thy strength:

strengthen, O God, that which thou hast

wrought for us. Ps. 68:28.

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THE NEXT CHAPTER REVEALS THE MOST

IMPORTANT SECRET OF THE POWER - - HOW

TO GET IT!

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Chapter Two HOW DO WE GET THE

POWER?

he secret of The Power is revealed in Psalm

68:34: “Ascribe ye strength unto God: His

excellency is over Israel, and His strength is in

the clouds.”

The word “ascribe” in this passage means simply

“to give or attribute.” When I read this passage

recently, a lightning bolt of insight hit me. To receive

The Power from God, I must first attribute The Power

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to God. In an instant, I understood why my faith fails.

One by one, as I meditated on my past failures, I saw

the pattern repeat itself. I saw that my heart was

hard to The Power.

Even though I had believed in The Power of God

as a potential in my problem situations, I honestly did

not attribute The Power of God as active. Just as

Physics classifies power as either potential (latent) or

active (kinetic), so too does the spiritual make the

same distinction. As long as power is potential, it

lacks momentum into the “now.” But active and

kinetic power brings the confidence that momentum

ushers into the present situation. Momentum into the

moment means that we rely on God’s active and

kinetic strength which is working all things together

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for our good (Rom. 8:28).

Think about it. Who doesn’t believe God has

hypothetical strength? Sure, God can save me if He

wants to - - somehow, someday, maybe. But this is

not ascribing active and present strength to God. The

difference is night and day.

When we attribute “now” strength to God, we

receive “now” strength from God. This is The Power.

Until we “ascribe strength unto God,” we will serve a

hypothetical Savior who will appear detached, distant

and disinterested. The result is that we handcuff The

Power with our own unbelief. Could such a thing be?

Do we have the ability and freedom to block God’s

strength from being manifest in the earth? Yes!

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Let’s consider some examples from Scriptures. The

Psalmist, in describing Israel’s fall in the wilderness,

declared that, “they turned back and tempted God,

and limited the Holy One of Israel” (Ps. 78:41). This

scripture clearly says that men have the authority to

“limit” The Power of God from being displayed.

Another example occurred in Jesus’ ministry in Mark

6:1,5-6 where Jesus “came into his own country....

And he could there do no mighty work, save that he

laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them.

And he marveled because of their unbelief.” Jesus

marveled because they did not “ascribe strength” to

The Power in their immediate midst. He was certainly

available and willing to do more works of strength,

but He “could” not because they would not “ascribe

strength” to Him. They did not believe in Jesus’

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active, kinetic and immediate strength. They truly

limited the Holy One of Israel.

The same dynamic occurred when the Disciples

feared for nothing to eat in Mark 8:13-21. Here, Jesus

rebuked them for not considering His earlier miracles

of multiplying the loaves and fishes. Jesus upbraided

them for their “hardened heart” in not ascribing

strength unto God in the “now.” This is the definition

of a hard heart - - one which does not ascribe

strength to God. This heart may have ascribed

strength to God previously and may certainly do so

again. Yet, its hardness exists because it is not

ascribing strength to God “now.” It has lost its

momentum into the moment.

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This was my personal realization. Even though I

had received The Power many times previously, I

could see that in recent years my heart had dulled in

certain areas. I had, without realizing it, stopped

ascribing “active and present” strength to God. The

result was fewer mighty works in my life. I had

developed a trench mentality where I endured the

buffetings of life, but I really didn’t hope or expect

present victory over them in The Power of God. I hate

this trench mentality. I want you to hate it too. It is

your enemy. It is what hardens your heart. It is what

limits The Power from getting to you.

The good news is that this problem has a cure.

Learn and train yourself to “ascribe strength unto

God.” The moment you ascribe strength to God, you

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then will receive an infusion of strength. Light comes,

hope flourishes, new vision arrives and the world

looks different. There is an atmosphere of victory,

expectation and confidence.

Who hath believed our report? and to

whom is the arm of the LORD revealed?

Is. 53:1.

Isaiah’s question is our question. To whom is

revealed the arm of the Lord? The Lord’s arm is The

Power. The arm of the Lord is always flexed and

ready. But who is it that receives the revelation of it?

Beloved, it is whoever ascribes strength to God by

beholding and pinching the Lord’s arm. Just like awed

women feel the arms of muscular men, so must we

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appreciate and feel the Lord’s awesome strength in

each and every situation we encounter.

What is worship, if it’s not ascribing strength to

God over all our lives? Thine, O LORD, is the

greatness, and the power, and the glory, and

the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in

the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is

the kingdom, O LORD, and thou art exalted as

head above all. Both riches and honour come of

thee, and thou reignest over all; and in thine

hand is power and might; and in thine hand it

is to make great, and to give strength unto all.

1 Chr. 29:11-12. What is prayer if it’s not ascribing

strength to God over all our challenges and needs?

And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in

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a certain place, when he ceased, one of his

disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray,

as John also taught his disciples. And he said

unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father

which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.

Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in

heaven, so in earth. Give us day by day our

daily bread. And forgive us our sins; for we also

forgive every one that is indebted to us. And

lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from

evil. Lk. 11:1-4.

The Power is about receiving the revelation of the

Lord’s arm. It is about awakening to our inheritance

of strength and “loaded” blessings with which the

Lord has hedged us. Awake, awake; put on thy

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strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful

garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for

henceforth there shall no more come into thee

the uncircumcised and the unclean. . . .The

LORD hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes

of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth

shall see the salvation of our God. Is. 52:1,10.

Wake up beloved! Your strength awaits you. God

has tailored His great strength to fit you to a tee. All

you need do is to learn to ascribe strength unto Him

in all your ways. This is not as hard as it seems. It is

not unlike a magnet drawing other magnets to itself.

Jesus is the magnet which draws all things unto Him

that He may be “all in all” (1 Cor. 15:28), That at

the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of

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things in heaven, and things in earth, and

things under the earth; And that every tongue

should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the

glory of God the Father. Phil. 2:10-11.

The key to Jesus’ magnetism is that He must first

be lifted up, then He will draw all men to Himself (Jn.

12:32). When we lift Jesus up by ascribing strength

unto Him, we are then drawn into Him and The Power

is drawn into us. But, when our heart is turned away

from the Lord, we become “as God” and repel God’s

Spirit away from us. Just as two identical magnetic

poles “repel” each other from contact, so does our

heart’s prideful posture “as God” repel contact “with

God.” However, when our heart is turned the right

way in humility and submission, then God’s power

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magnetically draws us into Jesus. Our opposite pole

of weakness and meekness is magnetized into God’s

positive pole of strength and power.

Beloved, we have in the past talked ourselves into

believing that we are helpless. And we certainly are in

our own strength. But, we have received The Power

to become Sons of God (Jn. 1:12). And we must

awaken and put on our strength. We are not

“accounted as sheep for the slaughter. Nay, in all

these things we are more than conquerors through

Him that loved us” (Rom. 8:36-37). The Power not

only conquers obstacles, it “super-conquers.”

We each have an immediate sphere of influence at

any and all times. These spheres of influence need to

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be “super-conquered” and reconciled fully back to

God. We have the authority and freedom to always

ascribe the strength over our sphere of influence to

God. This releases The Power to reconcile reality back

to Jesus. We lift up Jesus, He draws our sphere of

influence into Himself and infuses it with The Power.

The Power then “super-conquers” reality to transform

it into the good, perfect and acceptable will of God.

As a body of believers, we each bring our

respective spheres of influence together. As we

corporately ascribe strength unto God, The Power is

released on a wider and deeper scale. This is the

manifestation of the Sons of God the whole earth is

groaning to see (Rom. 8:19-23).

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A man who walks in his own strength is under the

works of the law, and he will never conquer his sin. He

will never find the rest or anointing of God. His

strength will tire, fade and eventually quit. He will

never find lasting joy. But, a man who walks in the

strength of God is not under the law, but is in the

Spirit. His strength will not fade. His eye of hope will

not dim. The joy of the Lord is his strength (Neh.

8:10). He will abide in the rest and anointing of God.

The Power of God is the rest of God. There

remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.

For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath

ceased from his own works, as God did from his.

Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest.

Heb. 4:9-11. The righteous man gets to rest from his

own strength and rest on the strength of God.

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While it’s true that The Power works in and

through the hearts of believers, The Power does not

come from the hearts of believers. The Power comes

solely from the Godhead - - Father, Son and Holy

Spirit. When we become Christians at the new birth,

our spirits are joined with God’s Spirit. But he that is

joined unto the Lord is one spirit. 1 Cor. 6:17.

We are now indwelt by the Spirit of Christ (Rom. 8:9;

Col. 1:27). His divine nature works in us to will and to

do His good pleasure (Phil. 2:13; 2 Pet. 1:3-4). The

Power works in us, but it is not from us. Never lose

sight of this key distinction. It will keep us in humility,

and only in this humility can we receive The Power.

Only in recognizing our utter powerlessness in

ourselves can we then “put on” the Lord Jesus who is

the wisdom and The Power of God (Rom. 13:14; 1

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Cor. 1:24; 2 Cor. 12:10).

Let me close this chapter with some scriptural

challenges, blessings and exhortations all based on

The Power. First, the challenges:

A wise man is strong; yea, a man of

knowledge increaseth strength. Pr. 24:5.

If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy

strength is small. Pr. 24:10.

Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the

LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength: Is. 26:4.

Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you

like men, be strong. 1 Cor. 16:13.

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Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord,

and in the power of his might. Eph. 6:10.

Next, the blessings:

Blessed is the man whose strength is in

thee; in whose heart are the ways of them.

Who passing through the valley of Baca make it

a well; the rain also filleth the pools. They go

from strength to strength, every one of them in

Zion appeareth before God. Ps. 84:5-7.

The LORD is my strength and my shield; my

heart trusted in him, and I am helped:

therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with

my song will I praise him. The LORD is their

strength, and he is the saving strength of his

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anointed. Ps. 28:7-8.

Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and

not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my

strength and my song; he also is become my

salvation. Is. 12:2.

The way of the LORD is strength to the

upright. Pr. 10:29.

I can do all things through Christ which

strengtheneth me. Phil. 4:13.

Finally, the exhortations:

It is God that girdeth me with strength, and

maketh my way perfect. Ps. 18:32.

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The LORD will give strength unto his people;

the LORD will bless his people with peace. Ps.

29:11.

In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me

never be ashamed: deliver me in thy

righteousness. Bow down thine ear to me;

deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock,

for an house of defence to save me. For thou

art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy

name’s sake lead me, and guide me. Pull me

out of the net that they have laid privily for me:

for thou art my strength. Ps. 31:1-4.

The LORD is my strength and song, and is

become my salvation. Ps. 118:14.

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God is our refuge and strength, a very

present help in trouble. Therefore will not we

fear, though the earth be removed, and

though the mountains be carried into the

midst of the sea; Though the waters thereof

roar and be troubled, though the mountains

shake with the swelling thereof. Selah. There

is a river, the streams whereof shall make

glad the city of God, the holy place of the

tabernacles of the most High. God is in the

midst of her; she shall not be moved: God

shall help her, and that right early. The

heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he

uttered his voice, the earth melted. The LORD

of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our

refuge. Selah. Come, behold the works of the

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LORD, what desolations he hath made in the

earth. He maketh wars to cease unto the end

of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and

cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the

chariot in the fire. Be still, and know that I

am God: I will be exalted among the heathen,

I will be exalted in the earth. The LORD of

hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our

refuge. Selah. Ps. 46:1-11.

SUMMARY

1. The secret of The Power lies in “ascribing

strength unto God.”

2. When we ascribe strength to God in each and

every situation of our lives, we then

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immediately receive back the strength of God

which always and only comes directly from

God. This is like a point-blank ricochet where

our ascribing goodness to God deflects it right

back at us at the speed of light.

3. Hard-heartedness neglects the ascribing of

strength unto God. This results in a “trench

mentality” where we lose the spiritual

momentum which makes us super-conquerors

against the evils of the world.

4. Ascribing strength to God is like magnetism.

When we yield our immediate sphere of

influence to God by ascribing all strength to

God over it, then Jesus is lifted up and will

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magnetically draw us into Himself. The result is

that we will then be infused with His limitless

strength and love.

5. The arm of the Lord is revealed to those

who feel his biceps with awe and wonder.

The Lord’s arms are mighty to save. We get

to rest from our own strength and rest upon

the strength of God.

6. Key verses:

Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us

with benefits, even the God of our

salvation. Selah. Ps. 68:19.

Thy God hath commanded thy strength:

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strengthen, O God, that which thou hast

wrought for us. Ps. 68:28.

Ascribe ye strength unto God: his

excellency is over Israel, and his strength

is in the clouds. Ps. 68:34.

Who hath believed our report? and to

whom is the arm of the LORD revealed?

Is. 53:1.

Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O

Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O

Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth

there shall no more come into thee the

uncircumcised and the unclean. . . .The

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LORD hath made bare his holy arm in the

eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of

the earth shall see the salvation of our

God. Is. 52:1,10.

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Chapter Three PROBLEMS GETTING AND MAINTAINING

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e must understand the things which repel

The Power away from us. As we understand these

“repellants,” we can allow God’s truth to clean out our

stalls. “Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but

much increase is by the strength of the ox.” Pr. 14:4.

In other words, to receive The Power of God means

our internal “messes” will have to be expelled as

waste. The presence of true strength always results in

W

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much needed waste removal.

Repellant Number One: SELF-Deception

The New Age Movement, also now called the New

Thought Movement, makes billions of dollars today

selling this deception to eager victims. Best-sellers

such as The Secret by Rhonda Byrne and A Course in

Miracles by Helen Schucman, and the books of Wayne

Dyer, Neale Donald Walsch and Marianne Williamson

are all built on the same deception - - SELF-

deception. This deception ascribes strength to SELF

rather than to God.

New Age\New Thought is all built on the same lie

- - you are the key to your own power. The power lies

within you. You have the power to create your own

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reality. Listen to the Secret Summaries listed on page

184 of The Secret, published by Atria Books (2006):

• “You get to fill the blackboard of your life with

whatever you want.

• The only thing you need to do is feel good

now.

• The more you use the power within you, the

more power you will draw through you.

• The time to embrace your magnificence is

now. . .

• Now that you have learned the knowledge of

The Secret, what you do with it is up to you.

Whatever you choose is right. The power is all

yours.”

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The well-known A Course in Miracles echoes this

lesson in Lesson 70 when it instructs the reader to

declare daily, “My salvation comes from me. It cannot

come from anyone else. . . .My salvation comes from

me and only from me.” A Course in Miracles also

teaches that “the journey to the cross should be the

last useless journey” (p. 52) and that “the recognition

of God is the recognition of yourself” (p. 147).

Marianne Williamson, Wayne Dyer and Neale Donald

Walsch are all well-known and outspoken proponents

of the principles taught in A Course in Miracles and\or

The Secret. They all give lip-service in saying

wonderful things about their “God,” yet they all are in

complete agreement that we are God already. Dr. Joe

Vitale, one of the contributing authors of The Secret,

was recently asked on Larry King Live about where

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God fits into The Secret. His response was, “God is all

of us.” This New Age view holds that I am God, you

are God, we are God. All is God and God is all. Our

only problem is that we don’t realize it. Bottom line:

you already have The Power now. You just need to

learn to use it to create the world you want. WRONG!

With regard to Jesus, New Age\New Thought

teaches that while you should walk as Jesus walked,

you don’t need to walk in Jesus. Neale Donald Walsch

in his well-known Answers and Questions on

Conversations with God states on page 291: “Yet it is

not true that going through Jesus is required in order

to be going with Jesus. Jesus never uttered such

words, nor did he come close. That was not his

message.” (Hampton Roads, 1999). NOT HIS

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MESSAGE?? Jesus saith unto him, I am the way,

the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the

Father, but by me. Jn. 14:6.

The lie of these false teachers is not that God

doesn’t exist, but rather that you are already God - -

that Godhood is found only in the SELF and the power

of SELF. Marianne Williamson, made hugely famous

by Oprah Winfrey’s ringing endorsement, in her best-

selling A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles

of A Course in Miracles states that “at our core, we

are not just identical, but actually the same being [as

Christ]” (pg. 30-31). The serpent lured Adam and Eve

with this same deception, that they could and should

be “as God.” This is summarized by New Age Guru

Wayne Dyer in his 10 Secrets for Success and Inner

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Peace, when he encourages the reader as his ninth

secret to “Treasure Your Divinity,” and again in

Manifest Your Destiny: The Nine Spiritual Principles

for Getting Everything You Want when he informs the

reader that “You have the power within you to attract

to yourself all that you could ever want.” [xi].

See the hook? Instead of God magnetizing us into

His desires, Dyer believes we are the magnets who

draw all our desires to ourselves - - again, as God. All

of these SELF teachings are Satanic lures meant to

divert you from The Power of God to the power of

SELF.

Christianity teaches that man in himself has no

power except one - - to reject God - - to misuse our

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freedom to say a prideful “no” to the loving “yes” of

God. As William Law said, “Our own will separates us

from God. Rather, our own will is separation from

God.” Whereas New Age\New Thought teaches you

how to live “as God,” true Christianity teaches us to

live “in God.” New Age\New Thought teaches you to

obtain what you desire by using your thoughts to

create your reality. Christianity teaches you to obtain

your very thoughts and desires from God as you yield

to Him in absolute trust and surrender. Delight

thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee

the desires of thine heart. Ps. 37:4. New Age\New

Thought teaches you the way of a man is in himself.

Christianity teaches the opposite: I know that the

way of man is not in himself: it is not in man

that walketh to direct his steps. Jer. 10:23. The

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Sons of God are not those whose own spirit leads

them as taught by New Age\New Thought. Rather,

the Sons of God are those who are led by the Spirit of

God (Rom. 8:14).

The word “Anti” in the term “Anti-Christ” doesn’t

just mean “opposite of.” “Anti” also means “instead

of” or “right up against.” Scriptures warn us that

many false Christs and Anti-Christs are in the world

now disguising themselves as angels of light (1 Jn.

4:1-3; 2 Cor. 11:14; Matt. 24:24). These deceivers

don’t openly “oppose” Christ. Rather, they seek to

replace Him by wedging themselves “right up against”

His teachings and then inserting themselves “instead

of Christ.” This is the New Age deception.

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Wayne Dyer, perhaps the most popular New Age

Guru today and well known for his endless PBS

appearances, teaches again and again that each of us

needs to affirm “I am here to be like God.”

(Inspiration, pg. 54). Sounds good, at first. But, this is

exactly what Satan teaches “right up against” Jesus in

order to seek to take His place. Consider Satan’s well-

known mission statement, “I will ascend above the

heights of the clouds; I will be like the Most High” (Is.

14:14). Compare this with Satan’s lure to Adam and

Eve to be “as” God by merely relying on their own

SELF-will to choose good and evil (Gen. 3:5). While

Christianity teaches that believers are to grow into

“oneness” with God, Scriptures never teach we are

the “same” as God. “Oneness” does not equal

“sameness.” Believers form the Bride of Christ, but

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they are not the same as Christ, just as a wife is one

with her husband but is not the same as her husband.

We are both “with” and “in” Christ, but we are not

Christ.

Contrast these New Age “As God” beliefs with the

true Jesus Christ. At His moment of greatest

temptation in the Garden of Gethsemane, He rejects

SELF-will in favor of God’s will. And he said, Abba,

Father, all things are possible unto thee; take

away this cup from me: nevertheless not what

I will, but what thou wilt. Mk. 14:36. With Jesus,

it is never “as God,” but always “within God” - - with

God the Father and in God the Father. Even though

He was one with the Father and was God in the

flesh, Jesus never “regarded equality with God a

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thing to be grasped” (Phil. 2:5-11, NASB). Nor

should we. Yet this is the sum of all New Age

teaching - - to grasp equality with God at any and all

times. In other words, to continually live “as God.”

For Jesus it was so different. Although He was as

equally God as was the Holy Spirit or the Father,

Jesus never “grasped” this equality with His own

self-will. He never demanded it. He never claimed He

deserved it, though He most certainly did. Jesus

merely received with meekness His divine “being”

from His continual connection with the Father. He

came as a servant who laid His life down for us. He

was never “like” or “as” God. He was God, both

because it was in fact His identity, but also because

He walked in complete submission, obedience and

loyalty to the Godhead. One of the amazing qualities

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of the Trinity is that they are forever deferring to

and honoring one another. Jesus always and only

glorifies the Father (Jn. 8:28-29; 12:49-50). The

Father always and only speaks of His pleasure in the

Son (Matt. 3:17; 12:18; 17:5; Jn. 8:54). The Holy

Spirit always glorifies the Son in taking from Him to

give all things to us (Jn. 16:13-14).

The point is that even within the Godhead, none

of the Trinity considers equality with God a thing to

be grasped. To seek to grasp it is to SELF-promote

and SELF-assert. This is not the way of God. But it

shall not be so among you: but whosoever will

be great among you, let him be your minister;

And whosoever will be chief among you, let

him be your servant: Matt. 20:26-27. God is love

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and love “vaunteth not itself” (1 Cor. 13:4).

Jesus never self-promoted or spoke from His own

will (Jn. 7:16-18; 14:10). He always and only spoke

and did what the Father first led Him to do (Jn.

5:19,30). And it’s the same for us. For as many as

are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons

of God. Rom. 8:14. To be led by the Spirit means

that we don’t have a will to be like God, but that our

heart is to abide within God. SELF is crucified, not

deified. Contrast this with these New Age SELF-

promoters. Their pictures are on the covers of their

books in blissful poses of “staged” peace and

enlightenment. They draw men and money to

themselves by teaching SELF-reliance through the

grasping of equality with God. Again, consider these

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following verses which define the mind of Christ,

which is the “same” mind we are to have:

Have this attitude in yourselves which

was also in Christ Jesus, who, although

He existed in the form of God, did not

regard equality with God a thing to be

grasped, but emptied Himself, taking the

form of a bond-servant, and being made

in the likeness of men. And being found

in appearance as a man, He humbled

Himself by becoming obedient to the

point of death, even death on a cross.

Therefore also God highly exalted him,

and bestowed on Him the name which is

above every name, that at the name of

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Jesus EVERY KNEE SHOULD BOW, of

those who are in heaven, and on earth,

and under the earth, and that every

tongue should confess that Jesus Christ

is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Phil. 2:5-11, NASB.

The New Agers do not have the mind of Christ,

but the mind of Anti-Christ. In the first place, they do

not believe that Jesus was the very “God of creation”

coming to Earth in the flesh. They all believe that as a

man He found the universal Christ which is one with

all creation and that only then Jesus became “as

God.” They also believe that all of us are just as much

God as Jesus was. We just need to realize that we are

already Christ like Jesus did, like Buddha did, like

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Krishna did, like Mohammed did. Marianne Williamson

and Wayne Dyer both base their view of Christ on the

aforementioned A Course in Miracles, which states at

pages 87-88 that “The name of Jesus is the name of

one who was a man but saw the face of Christ in all

his brothers and remembered God. . . .Jesus became

what all of you must be. . . .Is he the Christ? O Yes,

along with you. . . .Is he God’s only Helper? No

indeed. For Christ [not Jesus] takes many forms with

different names until their oneness can be

recognized. . . .There is no need for help to enter

Heaven for you have never left.”

It should be remembered that A Course In

Miracles claims to be a direct message channeled

verbatim from Jesus’ lips. The author Helen

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Schucman, who was an agnostic, claims that she

started hearing voices and initially thought she was

mentally ill. Later, she became convinced that this

voice was the actual voice of Jesus. Her biographer

and close collaborator Kenneth Wapnick states that,

“A Course in Miracles . . . directly refutes the very

basis of the Christian faith, leaving nothing on which

Christians can base their beliefs. . . .In summary,

therefore, we can conclude that there is no way one

can reconcile the God or theology of the Bible with

the theology found in A Course in Miracles. Moreover,

the figure of Jesus in the Bible is totally incompatible

with the Jesus who authored A Course in Miracles.”

(Kenneth Wapnick and W. Norris Clarke, A Course in

Miracles and Christianity: A Dialogue; Roscoe, N.Y.:

Foundation for A Course in Miracles, 1995).

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The Course also claims, and this is the key

blasphemy, that Jesus instructs us as follows, “Equals

should not be in awe of one another because awe

implies inequality. It is therefore an inappropriate

reaction to me. . . .My mind will always be like yours,

because we were created as equals.” (Vol. 1, p.5,70-

71). IN OTHER WORDS, EQUALITY WITH GOD IS

THE THING TO BE GRASPED, IF YOU CHOOSE TO

FOLLOW THIS ANTI-CHRIST TEACHING. WE ARE

NOT TO BE IN AWE OF JESUS?? SATAN COULDN’T

HAVE SAID IT BETTER. THIS IS A PERFECTLY EVIL

ANTI-CHRIST ATTEMPT TO SUBSTITUTE THIS LIE OF

GRASPING EQUALITY WITH GOD FOR THE

FOLLOWING TRUTH: “THAT AT THE NAME OF JESUS

EVERY KNEE SHOULD BOW . . . AND THAT EVERY

TONGUE CONFESS THAT JESUS CHRIST IS LORD, TO

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THE GLORY OF THE FATHER.” (PHIL. 2:10-11). WE

SHOULD LIVE, BREATHE AND GROW IN THE AWE OF

JESUS.

A Course in Miracles is the nerve center of nearly

all New Age teachers. It is Gnosticism repackaged.

Gnosticism is the serpent in the Garden of Eden

repackaged. The Secret is just a repackaging of A

Course in Miracles. Let the truth of Jesus knock over

A Course in Miracles and all other demonic dominoes

of New Age teachings will follow suit and fall over.

They cannot stand against the truth of God.

Beloved, have nothing to do with these New Age

teachers. They are full of demonic deception and

power (the wrong kind). For instance, although many

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of his students don’t initially realize it, Dyer

repeatedly promotes the channeling of spirit-guides

from other dimensions to help lead and instruct us.

He claims to have had numerous meetings with a

collective entity of multiple spirit-guides from other

dimensions with the corporate name of “Abraham”

(not the Biblical Abraham to be sure). See Ask and It

Is Given by Esther and Jerry Hicks (The Teachings of

Abraham) forward by Wayne Dyer (2004 Hay House),

in which Esther Hicks serves as the “channeler” or

“medium” for these “spirit-beings” or “non-physical”

entities collectively called “Abraham.” Abraham

graciously dictates inter-dimensional secrets to Esther

which allow us to get whatever we want based on

latent abilities which already reside in us. Other New

Age Gurus such as Neale Donald Walsch, Jack

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Canfield and John Gray, also wrote quotes of praise

for the book jacket endorsements of Ask and It Is

Given. It is no coincidence that all three of these men

were contributing authors to The Secret. In fact,

Esther Hicks herself recently appeared on Oprah

Winfrey’s show as a contributing expert on the

making of The Secret DVD. Small world.

The New Age Network is far more expansive than

one can imagine. Wayne Dyer also wrote a

recommendation for Gary Renard’s The

Disappearance of the Universe in which Dyer opined,

“A book that is destined to be one of the most

significant contributions to spiritual literature in this

century. . .” Gary Renard, who is a well-known

Course in Miracles conference speaker, writes in The

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Disappearance of the Universe about his multiple

meetings with two “ascended masters,” spirit-guides

named “Arten” and “Pursah,” who in previous

incarnations were two of Jesus’ disciples, and who

now want to show us how true the Gnostic Gospels

are, the same Gnosticism that the Bible says is of the

Anti-Christ.

As if this weren’t enough, Dyer also believes

himself to be the reincarnation of St. Francis of Assisi

(see pg. 19, Inspiration) as well as approving his own

guru Siva Baba (also known as Shri Guruji) to portray

him as the reincarnation of Jonathan Edwards. Baba

taught Dyer the “Ah” meditation which allegedly brings

the sexual energies up from the sex organs to the third

eye invisibly located between our two physical eyes.

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Using our sexual energies this way, we can now give

birth not just to babies, but also give birth to whatever

we truly desire. Dyer shared this technique in Chapter

7 of his book Manifest Your Destiny.

Last, and most tragically, Dyer is the frequent

keynote speaker at Hays House conferences where

shamans, occultists, psychics, intuitives, astrologers,

channelers and mediums all follow him to the podium.

This is witchcraft, sorcery and evil. Have nothing to

do with this. I know Christians who have allowed New

Age teachings to infect them. They have slowly but

surely lost their Jesus-focus. They have lost their

discernment of spirits. God stops being a person and

becomes an impersonal force. Jesus stops being The

Power. SELF is gradually enthroned. The New Age

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definitely has some “literal” points which carry truth.

The problem is that this truth is laced with Satanic

poison. A literal truth coming from a wrong spirit

poisons us. The Scriptures warn us not to have

anything to do with this type of teaching. There are

plenty of Christian writers who have spoken these

same literal truths from a Christian perspective and in

the right Spirit. Seek these Christian teachers out, but

reject all Anti-Christ teachers, no matter how good

their literal truth sounds.

Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try

the spirits whether they are of God:

because many false prophets are gone

out into the world. Hereby know ye the

Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth

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that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of

God: And every spirit that confesseth not

that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is

not of God: and this is that spirit of

antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it

should come; and even now already is it

in the world. 1 Jn. 4:1-3.

For many deceivers are entered into the

world, who confess not that Jesus Christ

is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver

and an antichrist. Look to yourselves,

that we lose not those things which we

have wrought, but that we receive a full

reward. Whosoever transgresseth, and

abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath

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not God. He that abideth in the doctrine

of Christ, he hath both the Father and the

Son. If there come any unto you, and

bring not this doctrine, receive him not

into your house, neither bid him God

speed: For he that biddeth him God

speed is partaker of his evil deeds. 2 Jn.

7-11.

Unfortunately, New Agers are not the only ones

who err in SELF-deception. Christians also can be

lured into operating out of SELF rather than God.

Legalism, formalism and literalism are all forms of

SELF-deception where religion, even Christianity,

becomes man-powered rather than God-powered.

These believers lean on their own natural strength

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and understanding when reading scriptures,

developing doctrine and leading worship services. The

result is spiritual powerlessness - - low levels of joy,

peace and supernatural activity. The other extreme is

hyped-up Christianity which confuses the energy of

man with the energy of God. This form of SELF-

deception believes God will be pleased if we only

shout loud enough, praise long enough, and

congregate large enough. The result is a performance

Christianity based on SELF-righteousness and SELF-

deception, not The Power of God’s righteousness.

The key to avoiding SELF-deception is to avoid

relying on your own desires, opinions and thoughts,

no matter how God-like they may seem. Rather,

reckon yourself dead to your own will (Lk. 22:42;

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Rom. 6:11). Ascribe strength to God alone in all your

ways, then you will receive and manifest His strength,

His desires, His emotions, His will and His love.

Trust in the LORD with all thine heart;

and lean not unto thine own

understanding. In all thy ways

acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy

paths. Be not wise in thine own eyes:

fear the LORD, and depart from evil. It

shall be health to thy navel, and marrow

to thy bones. Honour the LORD with thy

substance, and with the firstfruits of all

thine increase: So shall thy barns be

filled with plenty, and thy presses shall

burst out with new wine. Pr. 3:5-10.

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I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I

live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me:

and the life which I now live in the flesh I

live by the faith of the Son of God, who

loved me, and gave himself for me. Gal.

2:20.

Don’t “repel,” quench or grieve God’s Spirit by

relying on your SELF. You will never receive The

Power from yourself. While the current generation of

New Age\New Thought believers preach a gospel of

SELF-reliance, Jesus preaches a Gospel of God-

reliance. New Age Guru Wayne Dyer, in his book

Inspiration (Hays Publishing 2006) at pages 19-20,

claims to have hypnotized himself in order to regress

to a pre-birth conversation he had with God.

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According to Dyer, God asked him what he wanted to

accomplish here on Earth to which Dyer responded he

wanted to “teach . . . self-reliance.” According to

Dyer, God’s exact verbatim response was “Well, then,

I think we’d better put your little ass into a series of

foster homes and have to stay there for a decade or

so, where you’ll learn to experience relying upon

yourself.” Notice how in all this Dyer is the one who

determines his desire, not God. Dyer gets the glory,

not God. With Dyer and the New Agers, it’s all about

SELF and nothing about serving or loving God. Dyer

tells you to go to SELF. The Power tells you to go to

God. The Power draws you to God. The Power is God.

The Power is not SELF-generated, SELF-contained,

SELF-righteous or SELF-discovered. Beloved, don’t

make this fatal error of SELF-deception.

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Repellant Number Two: Ascribing Strength Wrongly

Realize that you are always ascribing strength to

something or someone. We routinely ascribe strength

to circumstances which control, frustrate or intimidate

us. We ascribe strength to sickness when it defeats or

immobilizes us into surrender. We ascribe strength to

what people think of us when it wrongly pressures us

into what to do, think or say. We ascribe strength to

whatever controls us. In fact, whatever controls us is

what we’ve already ascribed strength to.

Actually, ascribing strength is synonymous with

worship. We worship and serve that which we ascribe

strength to. When we ascribe strength to appearances,

circumstances and our own natural understanding of

events, we are actually committing idolatry. The Greek

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word for idolatry is “eidololatrea” and literally means

“worshiping or serving that which is seen or appears.” In

other words, when we ascribe strength to appearances

we are committing idolatry. The Scriptures warn that

idolatry is the mother of all sins, which is why it is

mentioned in the first two of the Ten Commandments.

Jesus and Paul warn against the idolatry of serving

appearances in the following passages:

Judge not according to the appearance, but

judge righteous judgment. Jn. 7:24.

For we walk by faith, not by sight. 2 Cor. 5:7.

Some people have ascribed all strength to the

appearances surrounding their children, spouses or

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parents. They, in effect, idolize these relationships.

The result is that people’s whole worth and well-being

are wrapped up in and dependent on an earthly

relationship. This is not healthy or wise. This is what

Jesus was referring to in Matthew 10:34-39:

Think not that I am come to send peace

on earth: I came not to send peace, but a

sword. For I am come to set a man at

variance against his father, and the

daughter against her mother, and the

daughter in law against her mother in

law. And a man’s foes shall be they of his

own household. He that loveth father or

mother more than me is not worthy of

me: and he that loveth son or daughter

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more than me is not worthy of me. And

he that taketh not his cross, and

followeth after me, is not worthy of me.

He that findeth his life shall lose it: and

he that loseth his life for my sake shall

find it. Matt. 10:34-39.

These relationships are only dangerous when they

come before our love of God. My children, spouse or

parents become my “foes” when I love them more than

God. When their approval means more to me than

God’s approval, I know that I have wrongly ascribed

strength to that person rather than to God. It’s time to

repent. Also, if I choose to hate a family member (or

anybody else) with more intensity than my love for God,

I have also idolized that relationship by wrongly

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ascribing strength to it. Whatever or whomever we

ascribe strength to ends up being our “God.”

The difference between ascribing strength to God

versus something\someone else is that God always

immediately shares His strength with us. All other

things\people we ascribe strength to don’t share

strength with us - - they take, take and take more

and more of our strength until we are helpless slaves.

Lust defeats those who first ascribe strength to it.

Lust takes more and more of its victim’s strength until

there is nothing left in the victim to resist the lust at

all. This not only works with lust, but with all the

other works of the flesh. Worry ascribes strength to

fear. Greed ascribes strength to money. Anger

ascribes strength to violence. Jealousy ascribes

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strength to hatred. Gluttony ascribes strength to food.

And so on. Life without God is like daily vampire bites

which slowly but surely suck the life out of us until we

become vampires ourselves who now start sucking

the strength from others.

Know ye not, that to whom ye yield

yourselves servants to obey, his servants

ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin

unto death, or of obedience unto

righteousness? . . .I speak after the

manner of men because of the infirmity

of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your

members servants to uncleanness and to

iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield

your members servants to righteousness

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unto holiness. Rom. 6:16, 19.

Esau wrongly ascribed strength to a cup of stew

and it cost him his inheritance. Samson wrongly

ascribed strength to Delilah’s lap and it cost him his

supernatural strength. King David once wrongly

ascribed strength to the number of his soldiers rather

than to the Spirit of God and caused the death of

seventy thousand Israelites. Their mistake is our

mistake - - giving strength to the wrong spirit - - the

spirit of the world\man instead of the Spirit of God.

Now we have received, not the spirit of

the world, but the spirit which is of God;

that we might know the things that are

freely given to us of God. 1 Cor. 2:12.

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Love not the world, neither the things

that are in the world. If any man love the

world, the love of the Father is not in

him. For all that is in the world, the lust

of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and

the pride of life, is not of the Father, but

is of the world. And the world passeth

away, and the lust thereof: but he that

doeth the will of God abideth for ever. 1

Jn. 2:15-17.

Be aware and vigilant not to ascribe strength to

anybody or anything except God. We are always

ascribing strength to something, so make sure to

ascribe wisely and righteously at all times.

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Repellant Number Three: Failing to Tithe

The concept of the tithe is the giving of our first

and best to God. The Old Testament saints

interpreted this to mean giving God the first and best

(the first 10%) of their income or material increase.

The New Testament tithe goes far deeper. The tithe

at its deepest level is not about money, it’s about

focus. Heart focus. Let’s call this the “heart-tithe.”

The true heart-tithe is giving (ascribing) our first and

best hope to God.

The light of the body is the eye: if

therefore thine eye be single, thy whole

body shall be full of light. . . .But seek ye

first the kingdom of God, and his

righteousness; and all these things shall

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be added unto you. Matt. 6:22, 33.

And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as

to the Lord, and not unto men. Col. 3:23.

Tithing is ascribing strength to God in the now - -

our current and immediate sphere of influence. When

we put God first, this enables His strength to manifest

in and through us. Tithing is merely putting first

things first. Putting God first is yielding to His will,

dominion, power and blessings over our current

sphere of influence. “Heart-tithing” is a continual

activity of ascribing strength to God in each and every

situation we encounter.

And my tongue shall speak of thy

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righteousness and of thy praise all the day

long. Ps. 35:28. Each new day brings hundreds of

opportunities to heart-tithe. Ancient rabbis would

confess three hundred blessings a day to God - -

some when they awoke, some when they left home,

some on the way, some on the return home, some at

meals, some at bathroom time, and some when lying

down. This was their attempt to give God their first

and best all the day long. Under the New Covenant,

the Holy Spirit now actually helps us from within to

“heart-tithe.” How much more effective should our

tithes serve to open the windows of heavenly power

over our lives! Failure to tithe is failure to thrive. True

tithing is true thriving.

Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed

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me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed

thee? In tithes and offerings. Ye are

cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed

me, even this whole nation. Bring ye all

the tithes into the storehouse, that there

may be meat in mine house, and prove

me now herewith, saith the LORD of

hosts, if I will not open you the windows

of heaven, and pour you out a blessing,

that there shall not be room enough to

receive it. And I will rebuke the devourer

for your sakes, and he shall not destroy

the fruits of your ground; neither shall

your vine cast her fruit before the time in

the field, saith the LORD of hosts. And all

nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall

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be a delightsome land, saith the LORD of

hosts. Mal. 3:8-12.

Trust in the LORD with all thine heart;

and lean not unto thine own

understanding. In all thy ways

acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy

paths. Be not wise in thine own eyes:

fear the LORD, and depart from evil. It

shall be health to thy navel, and marrow

to thy bones. Honour the LORD with thy

substance, and with the firstfruits of all

thine increase: So shall thy barns be

filled with plenty, and thy presses shall

burst out with new wine. Pr. 3:5-10.

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Tithing then is ascribing strength to God. The

immediate benefit will be receiving strength from

God. This is The Power. We give God our first and

best. God gives us His strength and rest.

Repellant Number Four: Presumption

We must avoid the danger of presuming how the

Lord’s strength will specifically flow through us.

Sometimes, The Power will manifest an instant

miracle, healing or result. At other times, The Power

may provide supernatural patience and endurance to

wait out a situation until God’s good can overcome

evil. Regardless of what channel The Power

specifically flows through, we will always begin feeling

hope, peace and love simultaneously to our ascribing

strength to God. This state of encouragement will

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equip and enable us to wage any fight of faith - - no

matter how long or how short. We can’t burden

ourselves with all the billions of variables present in

every situation which either obstruct or enable God’s

goodness. We must always place our confidence in

The Power to always hasten to the highest available

good in every situation. Knowing this, the only

remaining issue is to let patience have its perfect

work.

My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall

into divers temptations; Knowing this,

that the trying of your faith worketh

patience. But let patience have her

perfect work, that ye may be perfect and

entire, wanting nothing. Jas. 1:2-4.

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Avoid these repellants, ascribe strength to God

always and you will walk in continual blessing. When

in doubt, ascribe strength to God. When not in doubt,

ascribe strength to God. The Power will come.

Weakness will go. You will be made whole. All will be

well. One of the Hebrew names for God is El Shaddai

which means, “Almighty God.” May you grow in the

knowledge of The Power which pulsates in El Shaddai

through His Son Jesus Christ.

SUMMARY

1. Never ascribe strength to SELF. This is SELF-

deception. Beware SELF-help Gurus. Walk in

God, never as God. SELF-reliance is a

“repellant” that drives The Power of God away.

It is the Anti-Christ spirit that lures us into

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SELF-reliance, SELF-promotion and SELF-will.

Have nothing to do with Anti-Christ teachings

or teachers.

2. Never ascribe strength wrongly. Be aware that

we are always ascribing strength to someone

or something. Don’t ascribe strength to the lust

of the flesh, the lust of the eyes or the pride of

life. Ascribe strength only and always to God

alone. Mis-ascribing strength repels The Power.

3. Never fail to tithe. Ascribe your first and best

hope to the Lord. This is the heart-tithe which

releases the windows of Heaven over your life.

Failure to tithe is failure to thrive and it repels

The Power.

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4. Avoid presumption. Don’t presume to know

exactly how the Lord’s strength will work in the

situation. Only know that it will work. Let

patience have its perfect work in the situation

until you are perfect and entire, lacking

nothing. Presumption is a repellant to The

Power.

5. Key verses:

O LORD, I know that the way of man is

not in himself: it is not in man that

walketh to direct his steps. Jer. 10:23.

I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I

live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me:

and the life which I now live in the flesh I

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live by the faith of the Son of God, who

loved me, and gave himself for me. Gal.

2:20.

Trust in the LORD with all thine heart;

and lean not unto thine own

understanding. In all thy ways

acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy

paths. Be not wise in thine own eyes:

fear the LORD, and depart from evil. It

shall be health to thy navel, and marrow

to thy bones. Honour the LORD with thy

substance, and with the firstfruits of all

thine increase: So shall thy barns be

filled with plenty, and thy presses shall

burst out with new wine. Pr. 3:5-10.

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For this cause I bow my knees unto the

Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Of whom

the whole family in heaven and earth is

named, That he would grant you,

according to the riches of his glory, to be

strengthened with might by his Spirit in

the inner man; That Christ may dwell in

your hearts by faith; that ye, being

rooted and grounded in love, May be able

to comprehend with all saints what is the

breadth, and length, and depth, and

height; And to know the love of Christ,

which passeth knowledge, that ye might

be filled with all the fulness of God. Now

unto him that is able to do exceeding

abundantly above all that we ask or

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think, according to the power that

worketh in us, Unto him be glory in the

church by Christ Jesus throughout all

ages, world without end. Amen. Eph. 3:14-

21.

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Chapter Four KEYS OF THE POWER

REVEALED

et’s examine some spiritual Keys from those who

have walked strongly in The Power. Having

established what ascribing strength to the Lord is,

let’s see it in action in the lives of others. Let us

follow these saints as they followed Christ.

Mary’s Key: Mega Willing

When Mary was visited by the angel Gabriel and

given the jaw-dropping news that she was to be

L

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impregnated by the Holy Spirit and give birth to the

Son of God, her first and best response was this:

And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of

the Lord; be it unto me according to thy

word. And the angel departed from her.

Lk. 1:38.

What a perfect response! No wonder God was

able to work so mightily and miraculously in Mary’s

life. Before Mary could evaluate the ramifications of

the situation. Before Mary worried what others would

think, say or do when they found out about her

husbandless pregnancy. Before fear, doubt or despair

found a way to get her to question or reject God’s

plan. Before she ascribed strength to any other

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person or thing, she first ascribed immediate and

direct strength to God. She did this by simply

acknowledging that she was the Lord’s handmaid and

that she joyfully embraced His will for her life. She

said “Yes!” to God without doubt, deliberation or

hesitation.

Even after she had time to meditate on the gravity

of all that this visitation meant, she still maintained

her strength in God:

And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the

Lord, And my spirit hath rejoiced in God

my Saviour. For he hath regarded the low

estate of his handmaiden: for, behold,

from henceforth all generations shall call

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me blessed. For he that is mighty hath

done to me great things; and holy is his

name. And his mercy is on them that fear

him from generation to generation. He

hath shewed strength with his arm; he

hath scattered the proud in the

imagination of their hearts. He hath put

down the mighty from their seats, and

exalted them of low degree. He hath

filled the hungry with good things; and

the rich he hath sent empty away. He

hath holpen his servant Israel, in

remembrance of his mercy; As he spake

to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his

seed for ever. Lk. 1:46-55.

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“Magnify” in the first line of the above passage is

translated from the Greek word “megaluno” and

means, “to make or declare great; to enlarge, extol

and magnify.” This word is where we get the prefix

“mega,” which we use today to describe an

“enlargement” or “powerful increase.” For instance, a

megaphone is an instrument which increases or

amplifies sound. A megalith is a huge stone. “Mega”

is also used to describe a multiplier of a million. A

megacycle means a million cycles in Physics. What a

wonderful word to describe Mary ascribing strength to

God - - mega praising His name.

It’s not just that Mary’s soul enlarged and enabled

God’s power and goodness over her situation. It was

that Mary did it first before any other reaction. This is

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the heart-tithe described in the last chapter. When 2

Peter 1:5 tells us to give all “diligence” to our faith,

the Greek word translated as “diligence” is from a

root meaning “speed.” Diligent faith believes quickly

and receives quickly. When we focus our first and

best hope in each situation to God, then we have

magnified and enabled His power to manifest itself

into our life. Mary’s first and best, her heart-tithe, was

the door which allowed The Power to enter her room,

then her womb.

The Danish Christian Soren Kierkegaard wrote that

“Purity of heart is to will one thing.” This was Mary’s

purity - - to will this one thing, “Be it unto me

according to thy word. . . .My soul doth magnify the

Lord.” This is the Key of Mary - - to have the soul-

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posture of “megaluno,” which is always ready to

receive the Lord’s revelation and magnify His strength

to accomplish His will. As with Mary, so with us. The

result of “megaluno” will be an immaculate

conception of Jesus’ Power into the “now” situation.

We can and should give birth continually to Christ in

each and every opportunity life presents us. This is

done solely and entirely through The Power of the

Holy Spirit working in and through the hearts of men.

“Lord, be it unto us according to Your word and our

souls do magnify you.”

The Centurion’s Key: Mega Confidence

While recently watching the movie Jesus of

Nazareth, I was deeply moved in seeing the story of

the Roman Centurion acted out by flesh and blood.

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Try to let your heart visualize the scene as a deeply

troubled but humble Roman Centurion approaches

Jesus with an emergency situation.

And when Jesus was entered into

Capernaum, there came unto him a

centurion, beseeching him, And saying,

Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the

palsy, grievously tormented. And Jesus

saith unto him, I will come and heal him.

The centurion answered and said, Lord, I

am not worthy that thou shouldest come

under my roof: but speak the word only,

and my servant shall be healed. For I am

a man under authority, having soldiers

under me: and I say to this man, Go, and

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he goeth; and to another, Come, and he

cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and

he doeth it. When Jesus heard it, he

marvelled, and said to them that

followed, Verily I say unto you, I have

not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.

And I say unto you, That many shall

come from the east and west, and shall

sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and

Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven. But the

children of the kingdom shall be cast out

into outer darkness: there shall be

weeping and gnashing of teeth. And

Jesus said unto the centurion, Go thy

way; and as thou hast believed, so be it

done unto thee. And his servant was

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healed in the selfsame hour. Matt. 8:5-13.

This was a powerful man who came to Jesus, at

least powerful by the world’s standards. Yet, the

Centurion knew he himself was helpless to cure his

beloved servant with his own strength. From this

passage we know that the Centurion did something

so incredible that Jesus noted his faith was greater

than any in Israel. What did this Centurion do which

so distinguished him in Jesus’ eyes? What was the

Centurion’s Key?

The Key is simple and amazing - - the Centurion

ascribed strength to God both with his words and his

actions. The Roman just didn’t ascribe the strength to

Jesus to heal his servant in person. The Roman

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backed up his belief by ascribing even greater

strength to Jesus to heal his servant from a great

distance by just declaring it so. What a confident

action to take - - telling the Lord there was no need

for a personal appearance to bolster the Centurion’s

faith. THE CENTURION ALREADY KNEW WHO JESUS

WAS AND WHAT HE COULD DO - - ANYTHING AT

ANYTIME FROM ANYWHERE! Consider this beloved.

In a day when so many need “a man of God” to

“come and lay hands on” or physically “anoint” a

person in need of God’s power, where is the faith that

believes The Power without having to first see or

witness it up close? Blessed are they who believe

without seeing (Jn. 20:29). The Centurion knew

something the Israelites had forgotten - - “there is no

restraint to the Lord to save by many or by few” (1

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Sam. 14:6).

Think about this. The Lord’s Power isn’t restricted

by time, distance or difficulty. To those who believe in

ascribing strength to the Lord, “all things are

possible” (Mk. 9:23). The Centurion’s Key then is that

he put no temporal or spatial limit on The Power. He

in fact boldly “upped the ante” by declaring that there

was no need for Jesus to personally come and

appear. Like Mary, the Centurion knew that God just

had to speak the word only and The Power would be

released “now” over any distance, across any time

and through any resistance.

The Loaves’ Key: Mega Memory

In Chapter Two, we briefly discussed the events in

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Mark 8:13-21. Here, the Disciples were fearful for

their lack of food in only having one loaf of bread to

share together. Jesus rebuked them for their

hardness of heart in not ascribing strength to God by

remembering the miracles of the loaves. It wasn’t just

remembering that Jesus multiplied loaves. It was

remembering how Jesus multiplied loaves. Consider

this passage carefully.

And he left them, and entering into the

ship again departed to the other side. Now

the disciples had forgotten to take bread,

neither had they in the ship with them

more than one loaf. . . .And when Jesus

knew it, he saith unto them, Why reason

ye, because ye have no bread? perceive ye

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not yet, neither understand? have ye your

heart yet hardened? Having eyes, see ye

not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do

ye not remember? When I brake the five

loaves among five thousand, how many

baskets full of fragments took ye up? They

say unto him, Twelve. And when the seven

among four thousand, how many baskets

full of fragments took ye up? And they

said, Seven. And he said unto them, How is

it that ye do not understand? Mk. 8:13-14,

17-21.

Here is the Key of the Loaves revealed:

1. Jesus used five loaves to feed five thousand

and had twelve baskets of fragments left over.

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2. Jesus used the greater number of seven loaves

to feed the lesser number of four thousand and

had the lesser number of seven baskets of

fragments left over.

3. JESUS’ POWER WORKS MORE WITH LESS.

4. Jesus couldn’t understand why the Disciples

wouldn’t remember this dynamic of ascribing

strength to God in any and all situations of

need.

5. If the Disciples only had one piece of bread,

Jesus could feed the whole world - - the

Disciples lost scope of the fact God’s Power is

limitless.

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6. The hard hearts of the Disciples kept them

from ascribing strength to God.

7. This is why Jesus told the Disciples to take no

money nor extra clothes with them when they

ministered. He wanted them not to ascribe

strength to their material possessions, so that

the glory of God could be demonstrated on a

greater scale. Less is more.

This then is the Key of the Loaves: to continually

meditate on and remember the wondrous works of

God done in the past. This keeps our hearts soft to

recognize His Power to work now. It is so easy to

forget to ascribe strength to God. But it’s also easy

not to forget. King David commanded his soul to

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remember the benefits of God’s strength, and so can

we.

Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is

within me, bless his holy name. Bless the

LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his

benefits: Who forgiveth all thine

iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;

Who redeemeth thy life from destruction;

who crowneth thee with lovingkindness

and tender mercies; Who satisfieth thy

mouth with good things; so that thy

youth is renewed like the eagle’s. Ps.

103:1-5.

Meditating on His works, especially the wondrous

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works of the Cross and Jesus’ resurrection, keeps the

strength of God ever near the surface of our

thoughts. The clearer and nearer His strength stays in

our focus, the more easily we automatically call on it.

Abraham’s Key: Mega Tithing

Abraham is “the father of us all” - - the father of

faith (Rom. 4:16). Abraham did something radically

different than the other saints previous to him had

done in their spiritual walks. Abraham was the first to

ascribe strength to the resurrection power of God to

quicken a “dead” situation.

What shall we say then that Abraham our

father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath

found? For if Abraham were justified by

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works, he hath whereof to glory; but not

before God. For what saith the scripture?

Abraham believed God, and it was

counted unto him for righteousness. . . .

(As it is written, I have made thee a

father of many nations,) before him

whom he believed, even God, who

quickeneth the dead, and calleth those

things which be not as though they were.

Who against hope believed in hope, that

he might become the father of many

nations; according to that which was

spoken, So shall thy seed be. And being

not weak in faith, he considered not his

own body now dead, when he was about

an hundred years old, neither yet the

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deadness of Sarah’s womb: He staggered

not at the promise of God through

unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving

glory to God; And being fully persuaded

that, what he had promised, he was able

also to perform. Rom. 4:1-3, 17-21.

Abraham was the first to heart-tithe to God. He

gave his first and best hope to God regarding Sarah’s

ability to become pregnant. Abraham considered not

his own age limitations. Abraham considered not the

“deadness” of Sarah’s womb. Abraham staggered not

at the promise of The Power. Instead, Abraham

recognized the strength of God who quickens the

dead and calls those things which be not as though

they were. Abraham was strong in faith by giving

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glory to God. In other words, Abraham was fully

persuaded that ascribing all strength to God would

allow The Power to perform the promise. Abraham’s

Key is considering not any circumstance, appearance

or hindrance to The Power, but instead giving

(ascribing) glory to God’s resurrection Power to

perform all of the exceeding great and precious

promises which provide us all things for life and

godliness (2 Pet. 1:3-4). Abraham’s focused

confidence in God’s resurrection power is again

confirmed in his willingness to sacrifice Isaac’s life on

Mount Moriah. His willingness for Isaac to die was not

based on Isaac being permanently lost to Abraham.

Rather, Abraham’s willingness was based on his

confidence that God would immediately resurrect

Isaac back to life!

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By faith Abraham, when he was tried,

offered up Isaac: and he that had

received the promises offered up his only

begotten son, Of whom it was said, That

in Isaac shall thy seed be called:

Accounting that God was able to raise

him up, even from the dead; from

whence also he received him in a figure.

Heb. 11:17-19.

From Abraham we also learn this about the tithe -

- the lessor always tithes to the greater (Heb. 7:1-7).

Abraham was the first to tithe to the priesthood of

Christ, which the mysterious Melchisedek represented

as the “King of righteousness,” and the “King of

peace,” who “Without father, without mother, without

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descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of

life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a

priest continually” (Heb. 7:3). This is obviously

describing the eternal priesthood of Jesus. Abraham

had a pre-incarnate encounter with Jesus, who he

referred to as Melchisedek. Whether this was a

physical encounter or some sort of vision, we can’t be

sure. But we can be sure of this - - Melchisedek is

Jesus, a fact which Hebrews 7 makes clear. The point

here is that Abraham recognized that the Son of God

is the “greater” to whom we are to give all our heart-

tithes. This is the ascribing of strength to God

through His Son Jesus Christ. Abraham was the first

to see the Day of the Lord - - the Day of Jesus’

Kingdom and Power. As Jesus himself declared, Your

father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he

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saw it, and was glad. Jn. 8:56. Abraham’s Key

includes the tithe of our first and best hope in The

Power of Christ as well as “considering not” anything

that rises up against the knowledge of God (2 Cor.

10:5).

The Stronger Man’s Key: Mega Stronger

Jesus declared His superior strength over Satan in

the following passage: But if I with the finger of

God cast out devils, no doubt the kingdom of

God is come upon you. When a strong man

armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in

peace: But when a stronger than he shall come

upon him, and overcome him, he taketh from

him all his armour wherein he trusted, and

divideth his spoils. Lk. 11:20-22. Here, Satan is

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referred to as the “strong man.” Many still refer to

him this way today - - as the strong man, yet this is

not the point of the passage. The “strong man” is not

the focus, but the “stronger man” who strips the

strong man of his armor and divides the spoils. Jesus

is the “stronger,” always the stronger - - stronger

than Satan, stronger than our sin, stronger than our

hearts, stronger than our circumstances, stronger

than all the cares of the world. And here we come to

the end of the matter - - Jesus is The Power. Put Him

on. Keep Him on.

But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and

make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil

the lusts thereof. Rom. 13:14.

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But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of

God is made unto us wisdom, and

righteousness, and sanctification, and

redemption: 1 Cor. 1:30.

These are the Keys of the Kingdom which will bind

Satan’s power and loose the blessings and strength of

God in the Earth (Matt. 16:19). Use them in good

health. May your weakness in your own flesh be

exceeded only by your strength in God. Beloved,

ascribe to God The Power over all your ways and you

will walk as a true Mega Christian. Amen!

SUMMARY

1. Mary’s Key: Mega Willing. The Key of Mary is

to always magnify the Lord’s strength to

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perform and accomplish that which He has

promised us. This is “megaluno,” the

magnifying of the Lord, from which we derive

such terms as “mega” or “megaphone.” Mary

enlarged and enabled the Lord’s Power by

“mega”-believing it. Her soul was a

“megaphone” which amplified The Power over

her situation.

2. The Centurion’s Key: Mega Confidence. The

Key of the Centurion is to always ascribe

strength to the Lord with our words and

actions. The Centurion just didn’t believe the

Lord would come and heal his servant; he

believed the Lord would heal his servant by

just declaring it “wherever” and “whenever.”

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This is truly ascribing strength to God which

knows no limitations of time, distance or

difficulty.

3. The Loaves’ Key: Mega Memory. The Key of

the Loaves is that God’s Power does more with

less. The weaker we realize we are, the more

He is enabled to reveal His Power to meet all

our needs according to His riches and glory in

Christ Jesus. We must keep this in constant

remembrance - - in mega remembrance - -

when we are meek and weak in our own

strength, then God is at His strongest.

4. Abraham’s Key: Mega Tithing. Abraham’s Key

is to heart-tithe to Jesus all The Power to

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perform all the promises of God which provide

us all things for life and godliness. Abraham’s

tithe included “considering not” all things which

rise up against the knowledge of God in our

lives. Abraham’s first and best hope was in The

Resurrection Power of God to quicken both the

deadness of his own body and Sarah’s womb

and Isaac’s corpse. He gave (ascribed) glory to

God to perform that which He promised. This

was the basis of Abraham’s strong faith which

makes him the father of us all.

5. The Stronger Man’s Key: Mega Stronger.

Remember that Jesus is stronger than any

other form of strength - - be it demonic

strength, human strength or nature’s strength.

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When the world seems too strong for you,

remember to focus on Jesus and add “er” - -

Jesus is strong“er” than whoever, whatever

and whenever.

6. Key verses:

And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the

Lord; be it unto me according to thy word.

And the angel departed from her. . . . And

Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord,

And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my

Saviour. Lk. 1:38, 46-47.

The centurion answered and said, Lord, I

am not worthy that thou shouldest come

under my roof: but speak the word only,

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and my servant shall be healed. . .When

Jesus heard it, he marvelled, and said to

them that followed, Verily I say unto you,

I have not found so great faith, no, not in

Israel. Matt. 8:8,10.

And when Jesus knew it, he saith unto

them, Why reason ye, because ye have

no bread? perceive ye not yet, neither

understand? have ye your heart yet

hardened? Mk. 8:17.

For what saith the scripture? Abraham

believed God, and it was counted unto

him for righteousness. . .Who against

hope believed in hope, that he might

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become the father of many nations;

according to that which was spoken, So

shall thy seed be. And being not weak in

faith, he considered not his own body

now dead, when he was about an

hundred years old, neither yet the

deadness of Sarah’s womb: He

staggered not at the promise of God

through unbelief; but was strong in

faith, giving glory to God; And being

fully persuaded that, what he had

promised, he was able also to perform.

Rom. 4:3,18-21.

But if I with the finger of God cast out

devils, no doubt the kingdom of God is

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come upon you. When a strong man armed

keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace:

But when a stronger than he shall come

upon him, and overcome him, he taketh

from him all his armour wherein he trusted,

and divideth his spoils. Lk. 11:20-22.

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TIPS TO REMEMBER

1. THE POWER IS NOW.

THE POWER IS NEAR.

AWAKE AND PUT ON THE POWER.

2. Meditate continually on the seven following

Hebrew attributes of God: Chesed

(lovingkindness), Gevurah (strength), Tiferet

(beauty), Netzach (victory), Hod (glory), Yesod

(intimacy) and Malchut (majesty). This will

help you ascribe strength unto God.

3. “High and lifted up! High and lifted up! Jesus is

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high and lifted up!” Declare this in times of

need. Visualize Jesus on the cross being lifted

above every earthly challenge. As you ascribe

all strength unto God, Jesus’ Power will levitate

and activate over your life. You then are drawn

up and into His strength. “High and lifted up!

High and lifted up! Jesus is high and lifted up!”

4. Confessing Scriptures is a great way to ascribe

strength to God. Confess any or all of the

following verses on a frequent basis and they

will help you focus your heart-tithe to God. Use

them in good health.

a. Your Name O Lord Is A Strong

Tower; The Righteous Run Into It

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And Are Safe Because You Are El

Shaddai, My Almighty God; My

Strong Breasted One. Prov. 18:10;

Gen. 17:1.

i. Jehovah Elohim, my eternal

creator. Gen. 2:4-25.

ii. Adonai Jehovah, the Lord my

sovereign king. Gen. 15:2,8.

iii. Jehovah Chezeq, the Lord my

strength. Ps. 18:1.

iv. Jehovah Jireh, the Lord my

provider. Gen. 22:8-14.

v. Jehovah Nissi, the Lord my

victory. Ex. 17:15.

vi. Jehovah Rapha, the Lord my

healer. Ex. 15:26.

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vii. Jehovah Shalom, the Lord my

peace. Jdg. 6:24.

viii. Jehovah Tsidkeenu, the Lord my

righteousness. Jer. 23:6; 33:16.

ix. Jehovah Mekaddishkem, the Lord

my sanctifier. Lev. 20:7.

x. Jehovah Saboath, the Lord of

armies. 1 Sam. 1:3; 281 times.

xi. Jehovah Shammah, the Lord is

present. Ez. 48:35.

xii. Jehovah Elyon, the Lord most

high. Ps. 7:17; 47:2.

xiii. Jehovah Rohi, the Lord my

shepherd. Ps. 23:1.

xiv. Jehovah Hoseenu, the Lord my

maker. Ps. 95:6.

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xv. Jehovah Eloheenu, the Lord our

God. Ps. 99:5,8,9.

xvi. Jehovah Eloheka, the Lord your

God. Ex. 20:2,5,7.

xvii. Jehovah Elohay, the Lord my

God. Zech. 14:5.

xviii. Jesus is Emmanuel (Matt. 1:23);

God (Jn. 1:1); Lord of All (Acts

10:36); Lord of Glory (1 Cor.

2:8); Wonderful, Counselor,

Mighty God, Everlasting Father,

Prince of Peace (Is. 9:6-7); the

Lord’s Christ (Lu. 2:26); Son of

God (Rom. 1:4); Alpha and

Omega, Beginning and the End,

First and Last (Rev. 22:13); Son

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of the Highest (Lu. 1:32); Bread

of God (Jn. 6:33); Holy One of

God (Mk. 1:24); Your Holy Child

Jesus (Acts 4:30); King of Kings

and Lord of Lords (Rev. 19:16);

Lord and Savior (2 Pet. 3:2);

Word of God (Rev. 19:13);

Creator (Col. 1:16); Mediator (1

Tim. 2:4,5); Head of the Church

(Col. 1:16-24); Judge (2 Tim.

4:1); Preserver (Heb. 1:1-3); Life

Giver (Jn. 10:28); Lord and Christ

(Acts 2:36); Resurrection and Life

(Jn. 11:25); Apostle and High

Priest of My Confession (Heb.

3:1); My Advocate with the

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Father (1 Jn. 2:1).

xix. Jesus became the Son of Man

that I might become a son of God

(Jn. 1:12; 1 Jn. 3:1; Jn. 3:13-17);

Jesus became my sin that I might

become His righteousness (Is.

53:10; 2 Cor. 5:21); Jesus

became a curse that I might

become a blessing (Gal. 3:13-

14); Jesus became poor that I

might become rich (2 Cor. 8:9);

Jesus took my sickness that I

might take His divine health (Is.

53:4-5); Jesus tasted my death

that I could taste His life (Heb.

2:9); Jesus consumed my old

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corrupt nature that I could

partake fully of His new divine

nature (Col. 3:9-10; 2 Pet. 1:4).

xx. I am saved all the day long

because I continually call on the

name of Jesus. Rom. 10:13.

b. I Will Bless The Lord At All Times:

His Praise Shall Continually Be In

My Mouth. Ps. 34:1.

i. I dwell in the secret place of the

most High and shall abide under

the shadow of the Almighty. I say

of the Lord He is my fortress and

my deliverer, my God, in Him do I

trust. Ps. 91:1-2.

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ii. God is my refuge and strength, a

very present help (an abundantly

available help) in time of need.

Ps. 46:1.

iii. Blessed are You, Lord God of

Israel our father for ever and

ever. Yours, O Lord, is the

greatness, and the power, and

the glory, and the victory, and

the majesty: for all that is in the

heaven and in the earth is Yours;

Yours is the kingdom, O Lord,

and You are exalted as head

above all. Both riches and honor

come of You, and You reign over

all; and in Your hand is power

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and might; and in Your hand it is

to make great, and to give

strength unto all. Now therefore,

my God, I thank You, and praise

Your glorious name. 1 Chr.

29:10-13.

iv. My tongue O Lord shall speak of

Your righteousness and praise all

the day long. Ps. 35:28.

v. With my lips have I declared all

the judgments of Your mouth. Ps.

119:13.

vi. Show me Your ways, O Lord;

teach me Your paths. Lead me in

Your truth, and teach me for You

are the God of my salvation; on

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You do I wait all the day. Ps.

25:4-5.

vii. One thing have I desired of You

Lord, that will I seek after; that I

may dwell in Your house all the

days of my life, to behold Your

beauty, and to enquire in Your

temple. For in the time of trouble

You shall hide me in Your

pavilion: in the secret of Your

tabernacle shall You hide me;

You shall set me up upon a rock.

And now shall my head be lifted

up above my enemies round

about me; therefore will I offer in

Your tabernacle sacrifices of joy;

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I will sing, yes, I will sing praises

unto You Lord. Ps. 27:4-6.

viii. I love the Lord my God with all

my heart, and with all my soul,

and with all my strength and I

love my neighbor as myself.

Deut. 6:5; Matt. 22:37-39.

ix. I will love You, O Lord, my

strength. The Lord is my rock,

and my fortress, and my

deliverer; my God, my strength,

in whom I will trust; my buckler,

and the horn of my salvation, and

my high tower. I will call upon

the Lord, who is worthy to be

praised: so shall I be saved from

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my enemies. Ps. 18:1-3.

x. I have set the Lord always before

me: because He is at my right

hand, I shall not be moved.

Therefore my heart is glad, and

my glory rejoices: my flesh also

shall rest in hope. You will show

me the path of life: in Your

presence is fullness of joy; at

Your right hand there are

pleasures for evermore. Ps.

16:8,9,11.

xi. Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all

that is within me, bless His holy

name. Bless the Lord, O my soul,

and forget not all His benefits:

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You forgive all my iniquities; You

heal all my diseases; You redeem

my life from destruction; You

crown me with lovingkindness

and tender mercies; You satisfy

my mouth with good things; so

that my youth is renewed like the

eagle’s. Ps. 103:1-5.

xii. I trust in the Lord with all my

heart and lean not on my own

understanding. In all my ways I

acknowledge the Lord and He

directs and empowers my paths.

Pr. 3:5-6.

c. I Remove Sorrow From My Heart

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And Put Away Evil From My Flesh.

Eccl. 11:10.

i. The joy of the Lord is my

strength. Neh. 8:10.

ii. I have joy by the answer of my

mouth. Prov. 15:23.

iii. Believing, I rejoice with joy

unspeakable and full of glory. 1

Pet. 1:8.

iv. I rejoice in God’s testimonies as

much as in all riches. Ps. 119:14.

v. In my patience (joyful

endurance) I possess my soul.

Lu. 21:19.

vi. My hope in God’s word is the

anchor of my soul. Heb. 6:19;

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Rom. 4:18-19.

vii. I count it all joy when my faith is

tried knowing that it works

patience (joyful endurance) and I

let patience (joyful endurance)

have its perfect work so that I

may be perfect and entire,

wanting nothing. Jas. 1:2-4.

viii. Through my faith and patience

(joyful endurance) I inherit all the

exceeding great and precious

promises of God which provide

me all things for life and

godliness. Heb. 6:12; 10:36; 2

Pet. 1:3-4.

ix. I am happy because my quiver is

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full of children. Ps. 127:5.

x. I have fullness of joy because

Christ’s presence is in me. Ps.

16:11; Col. 1:27.

xi. I am happy because I trust in

You Lord. Prov. 16:20.

xii. My merry heart gives me a

cheerful countenance and

continual feast, even in the

presence of my enemies. Prov.

15:13,15; Ps. 23:5.

xiii. I am happy because I find

wisdom and get understanding.

Prov. 3:13.

xiv. I am happy that it is the heavenly

Father’s good pleasure to give

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me His Kingdom. Lu. 12:32.

xv. I am happy because it is the

goodness of God that convinces

me of my sin and leads me to

repentance; to carefulness in me,

clearing of me, indignation, fear,

vehement desire, zeal and

revenge. Rom. 2:4; Jn. 16:7-11;

2 Cor. 7:10-11.

xvi. I have learned to be content in

whatever state I am, both as I

am abased and as I abound. Phil.

4:11-12.

xvii. The peace of God rules my heart

and crushes Satan under my feet.

Col. 3:15; Rom. 16:20.

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xviii. I rejoice evermore, pray without

ceasing and in everything I give

thanks, for this is the will of God

in Christ Jesus for me. 1 Thes.

5:16-18.